Hi,
My Masters swim team is going to attempt to gain support for a 50 meter pool to be built in our city at an upcoming city counsel meeting. I vaguely remember a similar thread a while back where people listed both pros and cons for a 50 meter pool vs. two smaller pools but I can't seem to find it with the search function. Can anyone help lead me in the right direction? If not, please just respond to this new thread. We really need this pool.
Thanks,
-GG
I am very sorry for the negative outcome in your quest.
It seems that the interests of a few well placed and vocal obstructors are given more weight than the future of the community. This happens with alarming frequency in cities all over the country, and for what? The perceived comfort and quietude of an aging group that cares not for their neighbors or posterity. They move next to a park and wonder why all the noise happens during ball games, so they picket city hall until the games stop, and wonder why the drugs come into the park later on. Building on this logic, they are sure that there will be too many outsiders using "their" pool, and they will be inconvenienced by having to share a lane at 6am during their 20 lap morning swim before they retire to the TV for the rest of the day to get their brains muddled further.
I am very sorry for the negative outcome in your quest.
It seems that the interests of a few well placed and vocal obstructors are given more weight than the future of the community. This happens with alarming frequency in cities all over the country, and for what? The perceived comfort and quietude of an aging group that cares not for their neighbors or posterity. They move next to a park and wonder why all the noise happens during ball games, so they picket city hall until the games stop, and wonder why the drugs come into the park later on. Building on this logic, they are sure that there will be too many outsiders using "their" pool, and they will be inconvenienced by having to share a lane at 6am during their 20 lap morning swim before they retire to the TV for the rest of the day to get their brains muddled further.
